If you got a solution can you let me know please 11-19-2011, 12:46 PM #16 nybigapple Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 29 OS: Windows 7 Home I've never had to do anything like this nor have i ever seen anything like this.... It had Vista home and it dropped the DVD - Wasn't in Device manager either. If the CMOS data is corrupted (possibly because your motherboard battery is dying), it will REMAIN corrupted until you modify it. https://www.cnet.com/forums/discussions/hp-pavilion-dv9000-does-not-detect-cd-dvd-drive-513455/

If i select START WINDOWS NORMALLY it'll successfully boot into windows about 30% of the time and the other times it'll give me one of the black screens described above. -this As usual Hp is not being of any help. It was most likely the motherboard that died m 0 l Can't find your answer ?

Black Screen at Startup Laptop switches sound from... » Site Navigation » Forum> User CP> FAQ> Support.Me> Steam Error 118> 10.0.0.2> Trusteer Endpoint Protection All times are GMT -7. m 0 l iedgar10 July 3, 2012 4:34:30 PM This is so strange!! I went online to try and troubleshoot, and was given a few options, one was to run Microsoft Fix it, which did nothing, seemed to start doing something, but didnt help http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/My-HP-Pavilion-dv9000-no-longer-can-access-its-DVD-drive-E/td-p/765949 Flag Permalink This was helpful (0) Collapse - I have the perminate fix by Mr1s / January 14, 2012 11:04 PM PST In reply to: Thanks Gents If all of the

I have used an independantly powered Lenovo USB CD/DVD Burner to boot from and have had no joy.I took a second HDD, popped it into a different shell and built XP Even easier and even more basic: see if the BIOS setup recognizes the drive. I have to say I am not impressed with HP regarding this matter. All Rights Reserved.

here is the service manual for it. Look for any physical damage which would prevent it from making a good connection. Download Device Name: Intel(R) ICH8 Family SMBus Controller - 283E Driver Date 2012-05-15 File Size: 19.25K Driver Version: 10.0.0.2 Vendor: ELAN SMBus Supported OS: Windows 10 32 & 64bit, Windows 8.1 An alternate driver may be providing this functionality. (Code 32)"On the HP support online chat service, the guy made me go on command prompt to get a list of the drives

After this, i simply switched 7 for Vista again and selected the DVD Drive as a boot device and it worked. Why do I need to update drivers? Transcript The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Sign in Share More Report Need to report the video?

Download Device Name: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Driver Date 2010-08-15 File Size: 152.59M Driver Version: 13.3.0.137 Vendor: Intel Supported OS: Windows 10 32 & 64bit, Windows 8.1 32 & 64bit, So after it does nothing I use the power button to restart the computer because ctrlaltdel does not work. here is what happens -about 10% of the time the laptop boots perfectly into vista, audio working fine and everything. The cd drive does not show up in Computer.

Download Audio Drivers Device Name: Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Date 2013-10-22 File Size: 30.61M Driver Version: 5.10.0.7071 Vendor: Realtek Supported OS: Windows XP Please enter verification code, then click the The repair for this was to reflow the solder on the nvidia gpu. Also please exercise your best judgment when posting in the forums--revealing personal information such as your e-mail address, telephone number, and address is not recommended. If unplugging the CD/DVD drive doesn't fix it, go get some USB DVDRW because I would never repair this model line.Bob Flag Permalink This was helpful (0) Collapse - Same issue